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Coming up Friday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Cuban journalist Daniel Montero "Press Play" with NPR’s Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman
Live Music Friday with the Handel and Haydn Society
Local woman Sue O’Connell
Recent segments
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Global leaders impose sanctions against Russia to hinder 'their resources to wage war'
New England Law Professor Christine Abely explains how global economic sanctions against Russia could put significant pressure on the Kremlin. -
Healey says she had no choice on blocking Brookline's fossil fuel ban
AG tells Boston Public Radio state law required her to rule against the town's energy efficiency initiative. -
Rep. Keating urges U.S. to sanction members of Russian parliament
Keating just returned from meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Munich Security Conference. -
U.S. sanctions against Russia are the ‘tightening of the screws,’ national security analyst says
Juliette Kayyem discusses U.S. sanctions against Russia as tensions rise in Ukraine on Boston Public Radio. -
Immigration backlog is the result of longstanding political gridlock, says Julio Ricardo Varela
The Latino Rebels news blog founder joined Boston Public Radio to talk about the obstacles to immigration reform. -
‘Is this the rest of my life?’ What it's like living with long COVID
Kate Porter and Ghenya Grondin joined Boston Public Radio to discuss how long COVID has upended their lives.
Listen to previous shows
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BPR Full Show 3/11: Popcorn And The Movies
Alan Khazei, founder of City Year, discusses the value of public service.Alex Green talks about his book A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America’s Disabled, which is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Senator Ed Markey zooms in to discuss the cost of war with Iran.Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses AI-assisted warfare, and the bomb threat near Gracie Mansion in New York City. Then, Juliette sticks around for our conversation about popcorn. -
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BPR Full Show 3/09: Jim's Daylight Crusade
Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek and NAACP Boston's Ed Burley join to discuss their group's opposition to Mayor Wu's White Stadium plan.NBC Sports Boston anchor-reporterTrenni Casey on the battle over security funding for the FIFA World Cup in Foxborough.Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett discusses a new study that finds Tylenol use in pregnant women declined after President Trump and RFK Jr.'s made unfounded claims last fall that the drug cases autism. GBH executive arts editor Jared Bowen joins us to discuss the BSO declining to renew Andris Nelsons' contract. -
BPR Full Show 3/06: The Potato Heads
Anand Giridharadas of The.Ink Substack and MSNBC commentator joins for Press Play, our weekly media analysis segment, to discuss Pete Hegseth's Iran press conferences in front of a new, friendlier press corps this week.Flutist Jamie Baum joins us for Live Music Friday, ahead of a show at Scullers on Saturday. Steve Elman, former jazz host and one of Jamie's professional cheerleaders, also joins us in Studio 3.NBC10 Boston's Sue O'Connell discusses the bar owner facing sanctions for Patriots players' bad behavior, and a rise in homophobic bullying at school hockey programs across the state, in the wake of Heated Rivalry's popularity.